Old Sound Methodist Church

In April, 1799, one of the state’s first

Methodist societies was organized near this

site by Reverend Freeborn Garrettson. On

April 29, 1784, one acre of ground was

purchased here for the erection of a

“preaching house.” The Church became ...

The Delaware County Fair / Little Brown Jug

Side A

The Delaware County Fairground

June 28, 1833 a meeting of the citizens of Delaware County convened under an act of the Ohio Legislature to establish The Delaware County Agricultural Society. Officers were elected with Milo Pettibone being president, ...

First Brigade

(The Stonewall Brigade)

August 30, 1862

3:15 p.m.

Jackson's Division (Starke)

Left Wing (Jackson)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

First Brigade

(The Stonewall Brigade)

Col. William S. Baylor

2nd Virginia 5th Virginia

4th Virginia 27th Virginia

33rd Virginia

"The Federals ...

The Old Town Hall

(Front text)

The Old Town Hall, built ca. 1860, is the oldest public building in Summerville. Rev. Robert I. Limehouse (1815-1881), a Methodist minister and the town intendant, or mayor, purchased the site for the town hall that year. A jail ...

The Holiday Drive-In Marquee 1953

This sign marks the site of The Holiday Drive-In, which operated from 1953 until 1988. Drive-In theaters were popular in the 1950s and 1960s, especially among young families and amorous couples, where films could be viewed from the relative privacy ...

St. David's Academy

The St. David's Society, organized in 1777 and chartered in 1778, built the first public academy in St. David's Parish ¾ mile northeast in 1786. Alexander McIntosh, George Hicks, Abel Kolb, William Pegues, and Thomas Evans were early officers. The ...

Furman University World War II Memorial

In Memory of

Those Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice

in World War II

Marker is on Cherrydale Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

W.L. "Gander" Terry Colonnade

The W.L. "Gander" Terry Colonnade is named in honor of a Marion, Kentucky native, who was an excellent student and superior athlete at Western Kentucky University from 1924-1928. He was among the students who faithfully worked to convert this site ...

Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument

[East face, center:] Erected by the State of Maryland to commemorate the patriotism and heroic courage of her sons who on land and sea fought for the preservation of the Federal Union in the Civil War, 1861 - 1865.

Damascus Methodist Church

The church organized as early as 1817 and known as "Wright's Meeting House, Black Creek" was the first Methodist congregation in the area. James D. Wright, an elder who was appointed "Exhorter" in 1826, preached here until his death in ...